The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-02-12
The hands employed in the cooper shops at

have resumed work at the old rates-10 cents pc
barrel. Mr.. McCauley discharged some of hi
men. -
George Washington has been arrested a
Waverly for having more wives than the law al
lows. He is o dusky LothariO and no relation t
the aforetime George who gained notoriety through
his atrocious spelling and his ehopping Of apple
trees.
Mrs. Cecilia E. Stambaugh, organist o
Waverly NJ. E. Church, died at her residence, il
that place, on Tuesday morning. She
daughter of the late William Broadbent, of Balti
more county, and was well known in musica
circles.
Mr.. Barton, keeper of the upper gate a
Greenmount Cemetery, is now almost ninety year
of age and has a son nearly seventy. He is still
remarkably hearty and active and can read fin'
print without the assistance of spectacles. Hi
wife is also very aged.
The House of Representatives has passed {
bill known as the "Fourth of July Claims" among
the claimants under which are the following who
are said to reside in Baltimore county: John A
j. Dixon, SO; Timothy L. Keen, $3.50, and
Isaiah Ringer, S3.75.
Mr. J. Y. C. Duncan, of this county, who
owned an interest in the Eureka Slate Company
at Delta, has sold the same to Mr.. Moore, of Lam
caster, Pa. Capt. j. L. Burke, one Of the con-
ductors on the Maryland Central road, is inter
ested in this company.
Thirteen girls in Gambrill's mill at Wood
berry, struck on Monday because the boss of their
department, David Rodman, used uncouth Ian
guage to one of them, as they allege. The affair
looks very much like tempest in teapot, with
very "mild" tea at that.
DR. Richard Emory, of My Lady's Manor,
who went to Florida several weeks ago for the
benefit of his health, has returned much improved.
The Dr., who has been largely engaged in the
canning business, proposes to abandon the same
and try tobacco growing.
The statement of County Treasurer Hebb
for the month of January makes the following ex-
hibit: Cash on hand December 3lst, S49, 400 80 ;
receipts from all sources during the month, 81,
1886; disbursement, $l6,sO0.57; balance on
hand February LIST, $53,764.17.
In the damage case of VIM. Mali We. the
BALTIC. & Ohio R. R. Company, which has been in
progress in the Circuit Court here for nearly two
weeks, the evidence was completed on Thursday
and argument was commenced but was not COM
pleted up to the time of our going to press on
Friday.
We return thanks to Mrs. Herman, wife CT
Capt E. Herman, of the Sheppard Asylum, for
the large and beautiful lemon which she sent to
THE UNION Office this week. 1t was grown by
herself and was taken from tree which has
eighteen others upon it, almost as perfect as the
one sent to us.
The annual report of the Baltimore County
School Board for the year ending September 3Oth,
1886, has just been issued in pamphlet form from
the job department of THE UNION Office, and is no W
ready for delivery. Copies of it may be had upon
application to Mr.. Thos. c. Bruf, examiner and
secretary of the Board
Mr.. Thomas G. Bruf, Chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the State Teachers Associa-
ton, went to Old Point Comfort this week to or
range for the annual meeting of the association,
which will be held at that place in July next. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Chas. B. Rogers, assis-
tant examiner of the county schools.
The stock, farming implements, &c., of
John D. Lisle, the defaulting discount clerk of
the First National Bank of Baltimore, have been
seized by Sheriff Miller, at the suit of Peter G..
Zouck, of Glen Norris and will be sold at public
sale on Saturday, 10Th inst, at Reisterstown.
Up to this time nothing has been heard from
Lisle.
"A prominent business man, who lives not a
great way from Towsontown, was here on Tuesday
and says he walked half mile along the turn
pike, trying to find place to cross without the
chance of miring. Failing to find one, and being
on the east side of the pike, he was obliged to go
home "dry." This is his story. We don't vouch
for its truthfulness.
DR.. F. W. Patterson, formerly of the I'd
district of this county, but who is now inspec-
tor in the U. S. Bureau Of Animal Industry,
lately made trip of inspection through the east
ern and northern sections of Hartford county an d
reports that he did not find single of pleuro-
pneumonia among the cattle, and no contagious
diseases Of any kind.
The funeral of Stevenson Archer, Jr., took
place at "Hazel DELL" the family residence, near
Belair, on Saturday morning last, and the re-
mains were inferred in the Presbyterian cemetery
at Churchvile. The pall-bearers were his former
school-felows-J. Griffith Lee, Richard Dallam,
James +. Mitchell, Calvin Amos, Wilson Rich
ardson and Walter Finney.
Mrs. Sarah Fowler, wife of Mr.. Aquila
Fowler of the 18th district, died on Tuesday last,
in the 18th year of her age. She suffered from a
tumor, which terminated in dropsy. Mrs. Fowler
was sister of the venerable George Councilman,
and her remains were inferred in the old family
burying ground on his farm, which is known as
"Mark Alexanders Range"
As sooa as the weather will permit the York
road railway company will complete double track
ing its line from the Boundary to Carroll avenue,
above the Waverly high school, at which point the
new stables of the company are to be erected.
When this work is completed the business of the
road, which is very heavy and constantly
growing, will be greatly facilitated.
Col. R. M. Johnston, formerly principal of
Pen Lucy school, near Waverly, and who has
gained prominence recently as O writer of short
stories for the leading magazines Of this country,
and also as reader of his own dialect sketches, is
now giving readings in some of the more promi-
nent towns in Pennsylvania and will appear at
Newtown, Bucks county, on Saturday evening
next.
People in the Belt, just north of Boundary
avenue, are complaining very much of the filthy
condition of the streets and alleys in that section,
which, they say, are being shamelessly neglected.
The garbage service is so unsatisfactory that
of the people do not wait for the countys garbage
man, but pay another person to remove the accu-
mutations of rubbish from their premises. The
County Commissioners should see that these de-
fects are remedied at once by compelling the gar
bage man to perform his duties in q satisfactory
manner.
Our esteemed old friend, Mr.. John Fitch,
of the 18th district, was in Towsontown on Tues
day and called at THE UNION office to renew his
subscription which he has done regularly for near
ly thirty years. Mr.. Fitch is now in his S1st
year, and notwithstanding his advanced age he is
still quite active and able to attend to his business
affairs. He lives on the farm upon which he was
born, his father John Fitch) having been born,
lived all his life and died on the same property
which has been in the family for nearly two hun
dred years.
"A good deal of fun is being made at the ex-
pense of the petit jury now at Towsontown, and
who have been serving since the first Monday in
December. 1t has been suggested that as the
they be carried over to the March term, doing
away with the necessity of drawing any but
grand jury for that term. Some of them have
become SO much pleased with Towsontown that
they will take it as great hardship when they
are sent away, while others are just pining to get
home for good-if they can be believed.
The death of Mrs. Mary A. Shealey re-
moves from the stage life woman whose name
has been prominently connected with the business
and other interests of Towsontown for more than
half century. Engaging in mercantile pursuits
here early in life, in very small way, she branch
ed out gradually until about twenty years ago she
was doing an immense business, to every detail Of
which she gave her close personal attention. Hcr
large store house was twice destroyed by fire, and
these disasters, coupled with other troubles and
increasing years, finally caused her financial ruin
"A certain powerful smart fellow, who spends
the greater part of his time around Towsontown,
got into an argument the other day with another
man as to whether Lee surrendered before or after
the assassination of Lincoln. The other man
proposed to settle the question by referring to
Grants book, but the fellow who knows it ALL
and great deal more besides, declined to have
it so referred, because he didn't consider that book
an authority Where ignorance is bliss-but then
this is free country. If fellow wants to make
an ass of himself there's no Law that we know of
to stop him.
The upper end farmer who, as stated in